Join us for Growing Up with the River, Chapter 8: 1986: Augusta Today on Facebook Live.

Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan and Connie Burkhardt explores our state’s rich cultural heritage through the eyes of nine generations of children growing up in river towns from Hermann to the Confluence. Join Missouri Humanities on a virtual storytelling journey that brings Growing Up with the River to life and allows families to connect with Missouri history, conservation, and culture through weekly interactive live programs with professional storytellers and special guests. As we explore the Missouri River Valley from 1806 and into the future, this 10-part series will highlight many of the book’s featured historic landmarks that still exist today.

Visit Growing Up with the River for more information on this series.
Join us for Native Lifeways on the Greenways Docuseries Release on September 17th at 12 PM.


Grab your lunch and join us for a virtual watch party of our docuseries, a culmination of our partnership series Native Lifeways on the Greenways with Great Rivers Greenway!

We highlight the areas of the Mississippi Greenway at Cliff Cave, Deer Creek Greenway at Lorraine Davis Park and Dardenne Greenway at Bluebird Meadow. The docuseries connects the land to Native American heritage on the greenways through the land, waterways, ecosystems and wildlife.
Join us for Democracy and the Informed Citizen on September 22nd at 7 PM.

Missouri Humanities and the University of Missouri System are proud to host Democracy and the Informed Citizen on September 22nd from 7-8:30pm. This Zoom Webinar panel discussion will explore the critical role the humanities and journalism play in shaping the judgements and opinions of citizens in a democratic society. In advance of the 2020 presidential election, our partners will unite an ideologically diverse audience from across the Show Me State around the importance of quality journalism in support of an informed citizenry and a healthy democracy.

The program will feature a conversation between Michael Gerson, a nationally syndicated conservative columnist; Tony Messenger, reporter and progressive columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; and Ruby Bailey, Executive Editor at the Columbia Missourian and Missouri Community Newspaper Management Chair at the Missouri School of Journalism. The program will be moderated by Janet Saidi, Assistant News Director at KBIA radio.
Join us for Growing Up with the River Chapter Nine: 2016: Chesterfield on September 23rd at 4 PM.


Chesterfield has grown to be the 14th largest city in Missouri and has expanded into the former floodplain of the Missouri River with the building of outlet malls and bi-box stores. A new bike lane across the just-completed Missouri River bridge now connects Chesterfield Valley to the Katy Trail Confluence Point State Park, located in St. Charles County, less than an hour’s drive from Chesterfield. 
Join us for The Changing Faces of Native Histories and Curriculum in American Classrooms on September 23rd at 12 PM.

Historically, school books and literature have been written from the pioneer perspective. Today's publishers are citing a need for Native told stories about America's diverse tribal cultures. Deb Taffa covers their search for histories as well as contemporary issues, as well as the difference between "learning, identifying, and exploring" categories in Native literature--and why it matters to kids (from all cultures).